The Steelers won a definition of a barn-burner tonight by a score of 24-20. Despite arriving in New York early today, the Steelers overcame being the underdogs and beat the Superbowl champion Giants. Ike Taylor intercepted Eli Manning late in the first quarter and the Steelers would cash in and jump on the board first. Ben Roethlisberger hit Emmanuel Sanders for a four-yard touchdown on a tremendous catch as he was able to tap his feet in the end zone . The Giants answered with a touchdown ... Read More
Week 9 Fantasy Sleepers
With this upcoming week in fantasy being an extremely important one for many, owners will be making the decision of who to start, sit and add to their fantasy rosters. There are a tremendous amount of players around the league projected to have big weeks, but what about the sleepers? Three specific players come to attention for week nine: Michael Vick will be on the “National Stage” this week when he goes into New Orleans on Monday night. The Eagles will be attempting to break their ... Read More
Fantasy is the new way we watch sports
Looking at all major sports leagues in America, it is easy to see that they are growing year after year. It is simple and enjoyable to just relax and watch sports. Maybe a nice cold beer and some good food. Year round in Pittsburgh, there is almost always a game on TV. The TV's in bars and restaurants are always tuned to major sports channels, with customers eagerly awaiting their team to score. But, sports are evolving. More and more people are playing fantasy leagues, and care about not only ... Read More
Dwyer shifting attention to Steelers backfield
Amidst post-game conversation dominated almost entirely with talk of the Steelers questionable choice of attire, it’s difficult not to focus on the team’s collective performance in Week 8. Catapulting off the success they achieved against the Bengals last week, the Steel Men returned with a similar aggressiveness against the Washington Redskins. While many of you are likely to point the finger at Pittsburgh’s defensive performance as the key component to today's win, let us not forget the ... Read More
80 years later and still ugly
Every year, it seems NFL teams reveal new throwback jerseys. Some people like them, some hate them. I am a fan of them. They show the younger generation of fans what the players looked like when they played “back in the day.” The upcoming game for the Steelers is against the Washington Redskins. The Steelers will be wearing their 80-year anniversary jerseys. In 1933, the Pittsburgh Pirates (Steelers) joined the league after Pennsylvania relaxed its blue laws, allowing sports to be played on ... Read More
The Yinzer of the Week: Jonathan Dwyer
No Rashard Mendenhall, no Issac Redman? No problem for the Steelers as they defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium Sunday night in a crucial divisional game. While Ben Roethlisberger paced the Steeler offense, it was Jonathan Dwyer that stepped in and filled the void at running back. For his efforts in the gritty win, Dwyer has earned our Yinzer of the Week Award. Dwyer ran for 122 yards in the contest, which included 70 in the second half. While it was rookie Chris Rainey who ... Read More
Is Dwyer making a case to be starting running back
Back in 2008 when the Steelers drafted Rashard Mendenhall with the 23rd overall pick, they were surprised to see him there. Although his draft class included such running backs as Darren McFadden, Jonathan Stewart and Felix Jones, it was still surprising to see him fall as far as he did. Running back wasn’t necessarily a position of the need at the time with Willie Parker coming off a pretty good season in 2007, but broke his leg and the Steelers weren’t exactly sure if he’d be ready for the ... Read More
Brown or Rainey: Good problem to have for Steelers
One of the big game changers inside of a football game is special teams. For the first time in awhile, the Steelers are faced with a good problem; which player should return punts? The two choices are, the more well known commodity Antonio Brown, or the electric rookie Chris Rainey. Who do the Steelers pick to play such an important part of the game? Statistically, they are both off to a shaky start, but the season is still young. Both players are averaging around 10 yards a return. Not ... Read More
Deem’s Week 7 key NFL matchups
Baltimore at Houston -- The Ravens have had a very tough week as they lost one of the top corner backs in the league Ladarius Webb and team leader Ray Lewis for the season to injuries in a hard fought win over the Cowboys last week. It was a game where the vaunted Ravens' defense was shredded by the Cowboys run game a sight we are not used to seeing. So everyone is wondering if this defense who keeps losing players can hold up well enough for them to make another playoff run. The Texans are ... Read More
Juan Castillo: The sacrificial lamb of Andy Reid
Article by contributor Gino Ferretti (@PHL2PGH) If it had to be someone, you knew deep down that eventually Castillo would be the Juan. With all do respect to Tony Montana, they need people like the beleaguered, now former, Eagles defensive coordinator to point the finger at and say that's the bad guy. At a little after 9:30 a.m. yesterday morning, the Philadelphia Eagles announced they had fired defensive coordinator Juan Castillo. At noon, Eagles coach Andy Reid addressed ... Read More